In this photo taken on April 5, 2024, jeepneys commute along a street in Manila. - About 70 years after the first jeepneys rolled on to the streets of the Philippines, the noisy, smoke-belching vehicles face an existential threat from a plan to replace them with modern mini-buses. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP) / TO GO WITH PHILIPPINES-TRANSPORT-JEEPNEY, REPORTAGE BY FAITH BROWN AND ALLISON JACKSON
THE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority reminded workers in Local Government Units in the National Capital Region that the adjustment working hours start on Thursday, May 2.
The new working hours of 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. is aimed at addressing the worsening road congestion in Metro Manila.
“Starting May 2, the MMDA will be able to provide services earlier. From 7:00 in the morning, the MMDA Head Office located at Julia Vargas Avenue corner Molave Street, Barangay Ugong, Pasig City is open to the public,” the MMDA said.
The MMDA also said that some staff maye be allowed until 5:00 p.m., to complete public transactions for continuous public service.
Likewise the MMDA said that the work schedule in NCR local government units (LGUs) is based on Resolution No. 24-08, s. 2024, which was approved by the Metro Manila Council (MMC) last month.
Under the said MMDA resolution the working hours for LGUs will turn from the traditional schedule of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The MMDA said that they are aiming to help ease traffic congestion in the NCR.
MMDA acting chairman Romando Artes had said the traffic situation in Metro Manila is due to the normalizing of the traffic after the pandemic and the condition of the streets as well as infrastructure projects.
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